Carpenter on Lossiebank in British Court Fol{zwing sharply on the news from New York of the seizure by Federal agents of a large quantity of opium om board the Bank Line motor-vessel Taybank on March 6, came the arrest of the ship's carpenter of the British my, Lossiebank, of the same line, in the Shanghai Harbour by the Customs River Police. A Hongkong Chinese by the name of Hong Size Fah, hho Is alleged to have voluntarily confessed to having smuggled a quantity of opium on board the ship, which arrived in port on February 27 and sahed for New York shortly after his arrest.
Hong has been turned over to the Chinese authorities to be dealt with according to the Chinese law. A statement signed by him was produced In H.M, Police Court on Mar. 8, Dut its contents are being kept a secret for the time being. 'The arrest of six opium smugglers on the Tay-bank is characterised as being the moat important one ever made in an American port "because it involves Chinese and Malays. working in, con: function with residents of New York' 'The consignment of opium, which was hhldden in 12,000 small tin containers, valued by' the United States Trea sary Department at U.S. $500,000, and the Port Collector has filed a US. $90,000 Tibet The arrested men were a ship's carpenter and two Malays, members of the Taybank's crew, and three river boatmen.
Hong Siao Fah appeared before Mr.
H. Haines, Registrar, in Police Court on March & and " charge was Taid against him, to which he was not required to enter a ploy as he was not subject to the British Court's jurisdiction beyond the fact that he Was a seaman on a British ship.
Mr. W. C. Woodileld, Chief of River Police, ' Detective-Supervisor Sze-ling and Inspector Joseph Kir\- chok, of the Crime Branch of the River Potice, proved to be the most vital witnesses,
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